Bell Ringer Review #2

What was a major reason for the federal government's involvement in the relocation shown in this map?

• to persuade American Indians to become farmers
• to gain access to important rivers
• to punish American Indians who were allies of the Britis
• to acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?
"The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status...The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty"--President Lincoln, message to Congress, July 4, 1861

• The right of citizens to choose representatives
• The power of states to organize militias
• The unalienable rights of citizens
• The legal ability of states to secede

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine
• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
• The development of the factory system
• The establishment of protective tariffs

"That if any person shall write...any false, scandalous and malicious...writings against the government of the United States, or...stir up sedition within the United States...then such person...shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years."--An Act of the Fifth Congress of the United States, 1798
Which constitutional guarantee did this act violate?

• Freedom of assembly
• The right of due process
• Freedom of the press
• The right to a jury trial

"Here in the autumn of 1777, American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender. This crucial American victory in the Battle of _______________ renewed patriots' hopes for independence, secured essential foreign recognition and support (France joined the war as an ally to America), and forever changed the face of the world"
Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• Saratoga
• Concord
• Trenton
• Yorktown

Which of these completes the graphic organizer

• Parliament of these completes this graphic organizer
• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief
• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

Which of these completes the graphic organizer

• Parliament of these completes this graphic organizer
• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief
• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

The U.S. foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was intended to...

• prevent further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
• deter Spain from inciting revolution in former U.S. colonies
• encourage European powers to invest in Latin America
• keep the war between France and Spain from spreading to Latin America

June
*The Continental Congress appoints a committee to prepare a document. 
*The committee selects Thomas Jefferson to compose a draft.
*The draft is reviewed and revised by the committee.
July
*Congress debates and revises the document.
*Congress officially approves the documennt.
This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the...

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence

"I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution..."--Proclamation given by Andrew Jackson
This proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?

• Shay's Rebellion
• The War of 1812
• The Nullification Crisis
• The Civil War